I have searched all over the net but there are no straight forward working examples that show you how to do this. Basically I want to do what html is able to accomplish with this code example:
<tr>
<td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
I just want a <div> using CSS that has 5 columns where I can display data on a webpage. Can anyone provide a working example because I cannot figure it out. Thanks

Or, if you wanted to use CSS more cleanly, make one style in a separate sheet that defines that property, and assign it to each div.
div.columns{
width: 40px; border: 1px solid black; height:30px; float:left;
}
<div class="columns">&nbsp;</div>
<div class="columns">&nbsp;</div>
<div class="columns">&nbsp;</div>
<div class="columns">&nbsp;</div>
<div class="columns">&nbsp;</div>
Just a thought, in case you need to change parameters later, it's one place to change instead of every instance.

Thanks a lot. So if I want to have multiple rows, how can I do that? Meaning each row has data, and then below it has the same div layout. Oh yeah, and how can I force the text to go to the next line for some rows so it will not stretch the column?

Thanks again I have seen it done differently where it has it like this:
<div id="container">
<div id="div1" style="width:40px;border:1px solid #000000; height:30; float:left;">&nbsp;</div>
<div id="div1" style="width:40px;border:1px solid #000000; height:30; float:left;">&nbsp;</div>
<div id="div1" style="width:40px;border:1px solid #000000; height:30; float:left;">&nbsp;</div>
<div id="div1" style="width:40px;border:1px solid #000000; height:30; float:left;">&nbsp;</div>
<div id="div1" style="width:40px;border:1px solid #000000; height:30; float:left;">&nbsp;</div>
</div>
and the container has its own CSS values. I assume your method is just as fast? I am basically wanting to use CSS to speed up the load time of the page since one of my pages has so many images that you can see the page resizing itself as it is loading and I assume using CSS would make it load faster. Thanks!
EDIT
Oh I noticed your example adds a space inbetween the rows, how can this be achieved without the gaps? Thanks!